I believe that with age and power everything gets worse, and Juan Carlos did his will in all aspects, and his family had no power over him. We are talking about a years in which Juan Carlos was living a parallel life, where his will came before his responsibilities and also his family.
It cannot be said that in the end the newcomers to the Royal Family have ended well. Letizia suffered more because she was the heir's wife, but we cannot say that the infantas' husbands emerged unscathed.
Jaime de Marichalar suffered a terrible divorce, in which Juan Carlos contributed more to ruining him than helping him... if it had not been for his last name, his money and his elite friends, he would have ended up with a difficult life. And all despite Sofía, Felipe and Letizia have always shown public closeness to him.
Iñaki Urdangarín tried much more to please his father-in-law who pressured him to earn money so that his family could have the standard of living that corresponded to them... Iñaki believed himself immune like his father-in-law and we can see how it ended... despite that Cristina, Elena and Sofía supported him.
